Window



IApril 20, 1937.

E. PEREM|- ET AL WINDOW Filed April 6, 1955 3 Sheets-Sheet 1 INVENTORS. bam/ @wf/w ATTORNEYS.

April 20, 1937. E. PEREMI ET Al. 2,077,808 wINDow E I Filed April 6, 1935 '3 Sheets-Sheet 2 ATTORNEYS.

April 20, 1937. E. PEREMI ET A1. 2,077,808

WINDOW Filed April 6, 1935 3 Sheets-Sheet 5 MM VM ATTORNEYS.

Patented Apr. 20, 1937 UNITED STATES PATENT oFFicE 18 Claims.

This invention relates to windows, and more particularly to windows of the easement type. The invention is in the nature of an improvement upon the inventions disclosed and claimed 5 in my Patent No. 2,060,525 dated November 10, 1936 for Window construction and my Patent No. 1,999,208 dated April 30, 1935 for Window construction.

General objects of the invention are to provide a frame structure which may be Standard for various installations, to provide a frame which may be light but which will, nevertheless, have the necessary strength, to provide means for thoroughly and effectively sealing the sashes at all points, and to provide a structure which is capable of rapid, easy, and economical assembly.

It is an important object of the invention to provide a window construction which is adaptable to a wide variety of installations and which employs a minimum number of diierent metallic shapes.

It is a feature of the invention that provision is made for a frame subdivided into panels each adapted to receive either a stationary sash or a sash hinged to swing outward, together with adapter means to enable a sash to be mounted to swing inward' if desired.

A further feature of the invention has to do with a form of stile or rail construction employed where two swinging sashes come together, the arrangement being such that a rigid juncture is formed and the joint is thoroughly sealed without the necessity of employing a mullion or transom bar thereat.

Another feature of the invention is that provision is made fo;v the seating of spring clips which hold the panes in place by the form of the frame and sash bars so that the clips may be readily sprung into place and securely retained without any sho-p fabricating whatever.

A further feature of the invention has to do with facilitating the removal and replacement of sash sealing members employed in the frame.

Each sealing member desirably comprises a p air of angularly related resilient legs. The frame is adapted to receive and imprison the sealing strip. Provision is made of a cut out or recess behind the vertex portion of each sealing member whereby the sealing member may be forced free by pressing the vertex portion into the recess.

Other objects and advantages will hereinafter appear.

In the drawings forming part of this speciiication,

Fig. 1 is a fragmentary elevation of a portion of a building wall having a window embodying features of the present invention incorporated therein;

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary, horizontal, sectional view taken on the line 22 of Fig. 1 looking in the direction of the arrows, the view being broken away intermediate its ends, and the structure being 'diagrammatically illustrated at the right hand side of the figure in dot and dash lines;

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary, vertical, sectional View taken on the line 3 3 of Fig. 1 looking in the direction of the arrows;

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary, sectional view taken on the line 4--4 of Fig. 1 looking in the direction of the arrows, the structure shown being broken away intermediate its ends for compactness of illustration;

Fig. 5 is afragmentary, horizontal, sectional view taken on the line 5-5 of Fig. 1 looking in the direction of the arrows, and the view also includes a dotted line showing of the meeting sash-rails when the sashes are in a partly opened condition,

Fig. 6 is a fragmentary, horizontal, sectional view taken on the line 6 6 of Fig. 1 looking in the direction of the arrows; and

Fig. '7 is a fragmentary, sectional view on the line 1-1 of Fig. 1, looking in the direction of the arrows. y

In Fig. 1 the building wall I is shown as having mounted therein a frame 2. The frame is subdivided into side panels 3, a central panel 4, and upper and lower transom panels 5 and 6. The frame comprises sub-sill, jamb and header bars 1, which are steel angle bars and which are mounted in the wall of the building. These bars surround the frame proper and are connected to one another to constitute a rigid reinforcing frame. The frame proper comprises head, sill and jamb bars 8 which are all of the same shape in cross-section to present toward the panels of which they form boundaries a channel construction adapted to be employed for the mounting of either stationary sashes or outwardly swinging sashes. The frame also includes transom bars 9 and mullion bars I0 which are also like one another and which also. present toward the bounded panels a channeled form of the same shape as that presented by the head, sill and jamb bars.

Each of the head, sill and jamb bars comprises A lips I1 afford extra clearance to facilitate the l assembly in the 'manner described.

2 an outwardly extendingflange II ltransverse to the plane of the window which tapers in thickness to provide a dove-tail recess between itself and the wall proper for the reception and retention of caulking material |2. Each frame bar comprises a flange I3 disposed in a plane parallel to the plane of the window. 'Ihe flanges I3 of all of the head. sill, jamb, mullion and transom bars arev disposed in a common plane. Each ange I3 is provided with an inwardly extending lip I4,v the purpose oi' which will be made yclear presently. Each bar' includes a web I5 -which extends inward at a right angle to the plane of the window, an inner ilange I6 parallel to the f plane of the window, and an outwardly extending lip I1 at the extremity of said ilan'ge.

The four bars bounding a panel may be employed Iormounting a stationaryA window light, the mode oi mounting being illustrated at the left-hand end of Fig. 2. A stationary light I8 is set with its margins resting against the lips I1 and overlapping the anges I6. Spring clips I6 4are inserted in the bars to hold the light in place. Each spring clip I 8 comprises a straight leg 20 having a U-shaped portion 2| at one end thereof and a'reverse U-shaped portion 22 beyond the portion 2|. 'I'he resilient U-shaped portion22 bears against a face of the light and the leg I8 is inserted vwith the portion 2| pushing into the space between the edge of the light and the.web I5. The straight edge o! the leg is held in the notch formed behind the lip I4. It will be observed that the portion 2| as shown in Fig. 2 is spaced a substantial distance away from the flange I6. The purpose of this arrangement is to enable the clip to be thrust far enough in toward the flange I6 by means of a screw driver or other suitable implement to cause the straight edge of the leg 26 to pass around behind'the lip I4. When the implement is withdrawn-the resiliency of the portion 22 causes the leg 20 to travel away from the flange I6 so that theleg 20 becomes'trapped behind the lip I4. 'I'he spacing As shown, the stationary light comprises a series oi panes with muntin bars interposed between adJacent panes. The stationary light is rimless, the-outer margins of the panes being seated against the lips I1 of the ilanges I6 of the frame proper. The lips I1 may be notched to receive the muntin bars, and the muntin bars may be spot welded to the flanges I 6.

Each transom and mullion bar is provided with a recess 23 in its inner face which is adapted to receive a steel reinforcing bar 24. The bar 24 may be made o1' any width desired according to the strength which it isA required to have. bar 24 is provided with a cap or cover 25 oi' noncorroding metal and the bar together with the cap is fitted into the recess 23 and secured therein by screws 26l threaded throughthe webs I5 and into threaded bores which are provided in the bar 24. The cap 25 is provided with an extension lip extending inward from itsv inward edge to form 'v screen rabbets.

The centralpanel 4 of the window is shownas having a pair of swinging "sashes 21 and 28 1 mounted therein in complementary relation and supported by hinges 29 and 30 to swing outward about vertical axes.

The sashes 21 and 28are constructed and arranged to intert and form a strong connection with one another when closed, without the necessity oi employing any mullion bar between them.

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ao'maos sheet metal and its legs form an acute angle with oneA another. The vertex portion of the sealing member 3| is received in the angle formed behind the lip I 4, and the leg 32 is long enough to extend behind the lip I1. Thus the leg 32 which is free to yield when engaged and pressed by the sash is limited in its outward movement by engagement with the inner face of the lip I1. The free margin lof the leg 32 normally engages the lip I1 and seals the space bounded `by the sealing vmembers against ingress of dirt. The web I5 is provided with a notch 34 behind the vertex portion or the sealing member 3|, so that should it become necessary or desirable to remove the sealing member 3| for any reason this may be accomplishedv by applying a tool to o1' the sealing member action causes the leg |1 press the vertex portion into the notch 34. This 33 to move clear of the lip so that the sealing member can be pulled out. Each sash comprises tubular rails \35 and 36. rail 35 adjacent the hinge is provided with a flange 31 for engaging the outer face'of the mullion bar I0, a beveled wall 38 for engaging the leg 33 of the sealing member 3|, and a wall 3l for engaging the lip |1. 'I'he channel portion of the bar I0 forms an air space when the sash is closed which is sealed at its outer and linner extremities andis subdivided by the engagement of the leg 33 of the sealing member with the beveled face 38 of the sash bar. The top and bottom rails of the sash are of the same shape as the rail 35and are similarly sealed.

The rails 36 are of a somewhat diirerent form from the rails 35. 'Ihe rail 36 forming a part of the sash 21 has a dove-tail groove 40 which receives and holds a. sealing and striking bar 4I. The bar 4I includes divergent flanges 42 form a dove-tail for fitting into ythe dove-tail groove of the rail 36. The bar 4I also includes at the inner side of the window a ange 43 which is spaced inward a little from the inner face of the rail 36 andgwhich is provided at its ends with lips 44 and 45 forming shoulders. sheet metal sealing member 46 is clamped between the` rail 36 and the bar 4| toward the outer sideof the window and extends obliquely inward so that its inner end overlaps the shoulder 46 and is limited by said shoulder when the sashes are swung apart. vThe llange 43 overlaps both sashes at the inner are closed,r the shoulder 45 forming a supporting and sealing abutment for engagement with the sash rail 36 of the sash 28.,

A striking and sealin'g bar 41 generally similar in construction to the bar 4I is mounted upon the rail 36 ofsash 28 in the samel` manner that theA bar 4I is mounted'on the rail 36 of the sash 21.;

sides thereof when the same A resilient closed and also with sealing member 46 to thoroughly seal the joint. They define an air space vbetween the sashes which is subdivided by en-v gagement of the sealing member 43 with the face grooves 49 in their faces which bound the pane` receiving panels. Spring clips I9 are employed in conjunction with these dovetail grooves for securing the panes 50 in place in the same manner that the clips I9 are employed in Fig. 2 for securing a stationary light in place.

The sashes are subdivided into pane panels by muntin bars 5I which are generally T-shaped in cross section. The stem of each muntin bar is provided at its opposite sides with short flanges 52 which extend obliquely toward the pane seat to form retaining means for clips I9 and for putty applied to the pane, and to form ascribing guide for puttying.

The frame and sash construction employed is such that stationary or outwardly swinging sashes may be employed in anyof the panels as desired. It is a further feature, however, that provision may be made for mounting a panel to swing inward by effecting a slight and inexpensive alteration of the frame. This feature is best illustrated in Figs. 2 and 4 in which the lower sash in the panel 6 is mounted to swing inward, being hinged at its lower edge. For adapting the frame n for this kind of sash mounting, the lip I4 and ange I6 which bound the panel 6 are cut away flush with the face of the web I5. Filler or adapter bars 53 are then applied to the bars which bound the panel, being secured thereto by means of screws 54. Each bar 53 is substantially the same in cross section as one of the bars 8 f but it is set in the opposite direction, that is with its long flange I6a and its lip I'Ia at the outer side of the window and with its shorter ange I3a at the inner side. The web I5a is provided with ribs 55 against which the straight leg ofv a sealing member 3| bears. Behind the vertex portion of the member 3I and adjacent the inner rib 55 a recess is formed for enabling the sealing member 3| to be removed in the manner already described. The web I5a is provided with a rib 56 which fits into the recess 34 of the web I5 and serves to accurately seat adapter members 53. The sash 51 is mounted to cooperate with the frame adapter members 53 in the same manner that the other swinging sashes, particularly the transom sash 58, cooperates with the normal frame members.

The description just given with reference to the sash 51 does. not, however, apply 'to the bottom sill which is left in its original form. The flange I6 of the sill has hinges 59 attached to it, and the bottom rail of the sash is of a form complementary to that of the other sash rails, the flange 31a being disposed to engage against the outer face of the sill fiange I3 at the outer side of the window.

While we have illustrated and described in de tail certain preferred forms of our invention, it is to be understood that changes may be made .therein and the invention embodiedin other outwardly swinging sash and an adapter frame of like form adapted to be used as a replacement for said flanges by having the reverse relative arrangement of the long and short flanges'to cooperate with an inwardly swinging sash.

2. In a window of the easement type, in combination, a frame including frame bars each of combined channel and angle form and having a lipped short flange at the outer side and a relatively longv flange at the inner side connected by a transverse wall, said wall having a notch formed in it adjacent the short flange and adapter bars of like form adapted to be used as replacements for said flanges by having the reverse relative arrangement of the long and short fianges to co-operate with an inwardly swinging sash, each adapter bar having a rib for fitting .the channel with its vertex directed towards the side of the window to which the sash swings in opening and retained behind the lip of one flange and the free end of its sash engaging leg disposed behind the lip of the other flange and a swinging sash having parallel faces for simultaneously engaging the outer faces of the long and short iianges and an oblique connecting wall for engaging and deiiecting the free leg of the sealing member. i

4. In a window of the Casement type, in cornbination, a frame including frame bars each of combined channel and angle form and including relatively long and short anges at the inner and outer sides thereof and a connecting transverse wall, said flanges having lips at their extremities, a V-shaped sheet metal 'sealing mem- I the other flange and a swinging sash havingparallel faces for simultaneously engaging the outer faces of the long and shortflanges and an oblique connecting wall for engaging and deflecting the free leg of the sealing member, the transverse connecting wall of each frame bar having a notch or groove adjacent the short leg to facilitate removal of the sealing member when desired.

5. In a easement window, the combinaion with a pair of swinging sashes having meeting rails of oppositely disposed T-shaped striking and sealing bars carried by the meeting rails of the respective vsashes, one arranged to overlap both sashes at the inner side of the Window and the other arranged to overlap both sashes at the outer side of the window and a resilient sealing member afiixed at one end to the leg of one of the T-shaped members and disposed to be engaged and deected by the leg of the other T-shaped member when the sashes are closed.

6. In a Casement window, the combination with a pair of swinging sashes having meeting rails of oppositely disposed T-shape'd striking and sealing bars carried by the meeting rails of the respective sashes, one arranged to overlap both sashes at the inner side of the window and the other arranged to overlap both sashes at the outer side oi' the window and a resilient sealing member amxed at one end to the leg of one of the T-shaped members and disposed to be engaged and deflected by the leg of the other T-shaped member when the sashes are closed, and a rib on the cross of the T-shaped memberwhich carries the sealing member for limitingfmovement of the free end of the sealing member away from the leg of said T-shaped member and for guarding the edge o1' the sealing member.

'7. In a window, in combination, a muntin bar of T form, the cross of the T forming pane seats andthe stem of the T havingshort divergent flanges at opposite sides thereof which point toward the pane seats and define retaining notches or grooves and means interlocked with the retaining notches for holding the panes in place.

8. In a window, a frame comprising division bars of non-corroding metal, each division bar being of channel form, a reinforcing steel bar sei'l in the channel and fastenings extending through the channel walls and into the reinforcing bar for afllxing it to the frame.

9. In a window, a frame comprising division bars of non-corroding metal, each division bar being of channel'form, a reinforcing steel bar set in the channel, a coverof non-corroding metal partially embracing the reinforcing bar and fastenings extending through the channel walls and the walls of the cover and into the reinforcing bar.

10. In a window, a frame comprising division bars of non-corroding metal, each division bar being of channel form, a reinforcing steel bar set in the channel, a cover of non-corroding metal partially embracing the reinforcing bar and fasteners driven through the channel walls and into the reinforcing bar.

11. In a window, a swinging sash comprising a meeting rail bar of rectangular tubular formation, said bar having dove-tail grooves formed in opposite faces thereof, one of said grooves being provided for receiving putty and the other for f receiving and interfitting with a striking bar.

12. In a window, a swinging sash comprising a V meeting rail bar of rectangular tubular formation, said bar having dove-tail grooves formed in opposite faces-thereof, one of said grooves being provided for receiving putty, and a striking bar having divergent flanges adapted to ilt in the other dove-tail groove, said flanges being deformable so that they may be spread apart to cause them to have a driving ilt with the tubular bar, the striking bar being secured to the tubular bar without the aid of extraneous holding means.

13. In a Window, a swinging sash comprising a meeting rail bar of rectangular tubular formation, said bar having dove-tail grooves formed in opposite faces thereof', one of said grooves being provided for receiving putty, and a striking bar having divergent flanges adapted to fit in the other dovetail groove, said flanges being deformable so that they may be spread apart to cause them to have a driving flt with the tubular bar, the striking bar being secured to the tubular bar without the aid of extraneous holding'means, and a resillent sealing strip overlying the striking bar and having a flange clamped between the tubular bar and the striking bar.

14. In a window, a frame composed of channeled members all of the same cross sectional shape, said channeled members being adapted for mounting sashes to swing outward or for mounting stationary window lights, and means for posed of channeled bars,

swing inward.

15. In a window, a frame adapted for the mounting of stationary window lights or swinging window sashes, comprising channeled rails of identical cross sectional shape, each rail having a flange extending parallel to the plane of the window with a lip at the inner edge thereof, said lip adapted to serve as a retaining means' for a seaiing member when a swinging sash is used but being adapted to be notched out to interilt with muntin bars when a stationary light is used.

16. In a window, in combination', a frame comavswinging sash, a V- shaped resilient sealing member held in a channeled 'frame bar with its vertex disposed in the direction in which the sash opens and with one of its legs disposed to intersect at an acute angle the path traversed by the sash in closing said frame bar having a lip to cover and guard the free edge of said leg and hold the sealing member under compression when the sash is open, and said sash'havin'g a rail or stile for engaging said leg of the sealing member intermediate its ends and at a portion remote from the vertex thereof to press against said leg of the sealing member and further compress the same.

1'7. In a window, in combination, a non-ferrous frame having channeled division bars, reinforcing steel bars secured in the channels of said division bars, and covers of non-corroding sheet metal for said reinforcing bars secured in the channels, said covers being formed with lips to dene screen seats. l

18. In a. window of the easement type, in combination, a frame and a sash pivoted to swing into and out of closed position therein, said frame and 'sash including pairs of cooperating members adapted to eifect a tight closure of the window gaged beneath the lip on the narrow flange of the channel, and withv the other leg of the V extending diagonally from the vertex towards the lip on the wider flange of the channel, said resilient sealing member being normally held under substantial stress by engagement between the free edge of said second leg and the lip on the wider flange of said channel when the sash is open; and the other member of said pair of cooperating members of the frame and sash respectively having a surface adapted to engage and seat against the edge of the lip on the wider flange of said channel and a surface adapted to seat against the outersurface of said narrower flange on said channel and a surface between said two first mentioned surfaces adapted to'engage the outer surface of the second leg of said V- shaped resilient sealing member near the free edge of the latter when the sash is closed and to hold said second leg of the resilient sealing member in a position in whichit is retracted from its normal position in engagement with the inner surfaceof the lip on the wider flange of Disclaimer 2,077 ,808.Edmumd Peremi and Lofuz's Toth, Manhasset, N. Y. WINDOW. Patent dated Apr. 20, 1937 Disclaimer led June 16, 1951, by the assignee, Geneml Bronze 0 oratz'ofn.. Hereby enters this disclaimer to c aim 7 of said patent.

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